2022 Hetauda municipal election
# 2022 Hetauda municipal election

Municipal election for Hetauda took place on 13 May 2022, with all 97 positions up for election across 19 wards. The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 19 ward chairs and 76 ward members. An indirect election will also be held to elect five female members and an additional three female members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive.

Mina Kumari Lama from CPN (Unified Socialist) was elected as mayor of the sub-metropolitan city.

## Background

Hetauda was first established as a municipality in 1969. The sub-metropolitan was created in 2014 by incorporating neighboring village development committees into Hetauda municipality. Electors in each ward elect a ward chair and four ward members, out of which two must be female and one of the two must belong to the Dalit community.

In the previous election, Hari Bahadur Mahat from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was elected as mayor.

## Results

### Mayoral election

Mayoral elections result :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Unified Socialist | Mina Kumari Lama | 23,080 | 35.6% | New |
| | CPN (UML) | Ananta Prasad Paudel | 20,908 | 32.2% | -10.2% |
| | RPP | Deepak Bahadur Singh | 20,531 | 31.7% | +19.1% |
| | Others | | 318 | 0.5% | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 64,837 | 100.0% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 104,473 | | |
| | Unified Socialist gain from CPN (UML) | Unified Socialist gain from CPN (UML) | Swing | +22.9% | |

Deputy mayoral elections result :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nepali Congress | Rajesh Baniya | 33,114 | 52.0% | New |
| | CPN (UML) | Sumitra Kafle | 24,328 | 38.2% | -8.6% |
| | RPP | Indira Neupane | 5,597 | 8.8% | -6.6% |
| | Others | | 656 | 1.0% | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 63,695 | 100.0% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 104,473 | | |
| | Nepali Congress gain from Unified Socialist | Nepali Congress gain from Unified Socialist | Swing | +30.3% | |

### Ward results

Summary of Partywise Ward chairman and Ward member seats won, 2022 :

| Party | Party | Chairman | Members |
| - | - | - | - |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | 9 | 42 |
| | Nepali Congress | 8 | 30 |
| | CPN (Unified Socialist) | 1 | 4 |
| | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 19 | 76 |

**Summary of Results by ward**

* Position
* Chairman
* Open Member
* Open Member
* Female Member
* Female Dalit Member
* Source: Election Commission |||||||||||||||||||
